I guess sleepwalking man in his undies isn't so scary after all

[snooper2]

LOL

At least he doesn't get mad when you take a selfie--









And now we know what he was going after, Creepy Snowman!

[Nye Bevan]

1. She looks intimidated and traumatized to me.

Regardless of what coping mechanism she chooses to employ, that statue screams "patriarchal rape culture".

[surrealAmerican]

2. Is this for real?

If so, that poor guy - she should wake him before he gets frostbite or hypothermia.

[tammywammy]

3. It's a statue.

I think the snowman offering a drink is funny.

[HappyMe]

4. Here ya go --

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4454091


I like the snowman offering what looks like a cup of coffee.

[surrealAmerican]

6. Thanks.

As a sculpture, this is way less disturbing.

[FSogol]

5. They made a staute honoring bath salts?

[MineralMan]

7. And that's what people should be doing.

I'm surprised someone hasn't put a parka on the poor guy. He must be suffering severe shrinkage.

[1000words]

8. This is why we have public art installations

So the public can react ... and interact. Stick it away in a gallery or museum, and you've defeated the purpose.

[Jesus Malverde]

12. Parents Allow Kids to Play on Multimillion-Dollar Tate Sculpture (Seriously)

Rule number one for art lovers of any age: Don't touch the sculptures at the museum. One couple broke that cardinal rule on Sunday by allowing their children to crawl all over a multimillion-dollar sculpture at Tate Modern in London.

http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/parents-allow-kids-play-million-dollar-tate-sculpture-173000910.html

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. Wow. 10 million for that? Boy am I in the wrong business.

[Jesus Malverde]

15. No kidding...

We all are.

[ladjf]

9. I don't classify this statue as art, but rather a mechanically produced gag. nt

[Major Nikon]

10. I once saw an exibit in a museum of old boards and piles of dirt painted white

Yoko Ono once produced an art piece that was nothing more than two broken cups.

[ladjf]

11. I'm not familiar with those pieces you mentioned. However, they might have had

some form that made a worthy statement of an artistic thought. The Sleepwalker appears
to have been molded from a real human impression, using some pliant latex or fiberglass type material.
Such a process would be considered a craft product rather than an art piece.

However, if the piece is hand made by someone, I would certainly commend their replication skills.

[librechik]

14. craft product? What is it's domestic function?

Serious artists often use craft strategies to construct their extremely eclectic forms. But craft always has some implied (at least) function.

Otherwise, you are demeaning the artist's process by comparing it to kitsch. Which it obviously is not in this case.

[ladjf]

16. I think you have misunderstood my thoughts about the piece.

It appears to me that someone molded a human form and erected it in a city park. I don't consider such an act to be a creative work of unique art. He/she might have shown some craft-like skills by accurately replicating a human form.


I most definitely do not mean that "serious artists" shouldn't use craft strategies if such is required for their artistic output.

Apparently my writing skills are deficient.

[Major Nikon]

17. Has anyone else made a statue of a man in his whitey-tighties sleepwalking?

If not, then it's unique. That and the very fact that people are thinking and talking about it makes it art.